Improvement in overalls



D. NEUSTADTER.

Overalls.

N0.196,693. Patented Oct. 30,1877.

NJ'EIERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHEE WISHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENCLDEEIGE.

DAVID NEUSTADTER, OF SAN FRANOISUU, UAlJlhUltN 1A.

IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,693, dated October 30, 1877; application filed October 28, 1876. k

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID NEUsTADTER, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Overalls, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a certain improvement in overalls and pantaloons, having for its object to strengthen the garments at the point where the inner seams meet, where the greatest strain is received, and at the same time to simplify the construction and cost of manufacture.

To this end my invention consists in making the fly or facing of the sides of the front of the garment in one continuous strip or piece, and securing it in place on the edges of the front opening to the main portion of the garment, the said strip having the buttons of the fly on one side or half, and the button-holes in the other or opposite side, as will hereinafter more fully appear. v

The following description of the nature and mode of applying and using my invention is sufficiently full and'clear to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and the figures and letters of reference thereon, making part of this specification.

Figure l is a front view of the upper portion I of a pair of overalls with the fly open and turned back. Fig. 2 is a view of the continuous fly separate from the garment.

The parts composing the overall A are cut out and united together in the usual manner; but instead of separate pieces being employed for the sides and facings of the fly, a continuous strip, B, is cutf iont lengthwise, or in the direction of the greatest strength of the material, and, after being doubled to form a finished edge on the front, it is secured to one side of the opening in the garment by a line of stitching, a, and to the inner face of the opposite side by the stitching b. A

Thus the strip B forms, when in place, the front of one part of the fly, and the inside face containing the button-holes the other and opposite part, so that no other parts or pieces are required to complete this portion of the garment. It forms a continuous strengthening-facing, extending across the point of junction of the inside by seams, and it has the quality or property of resisting the strain thrown upon the weakest point of the garment, and of preventing any ripping or tearing of the material after a period of use and wear.

The buttons are secured to one part or end, and the button-holes are contained in the op posite part of the strip B, as shown in Fig. 2. They may be attached to and combined with these strips B before they are secured to the sides of the overall-fronts, and thus reduce the time and the number of manipulations re- .quired in the process of manufacturing these garments.

The use of this continuous fly-facing gives a smoother and better finish to the inside of the overall, and adds to the comfort of the wearer by removing the superfluity of cloth that accumulates at the junction of the inside by seams when the fly and the facings are cut out of separate pieces.

As thus applied and arranged, my invention gives greater strength to the overall without increasing the amount of material at the point to be strengthened, or adding to the labor of cutting out and making up the garment.

I am aware of the patent granted June 6, 1876, to R. Gibbons, and hereby disclaim the same; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In overalls or pantaloons, the continuous strip B, extending the entire length of both sides of the fly, and secured thereto at every point, substantially as described and shown.

In witness whereof I have herermto set my hand and seal this 18th day of October, 187 6.

DAVID NEUSTADTER. [L. s.]

I11 presence of O. W. M. SMITH,

WILLIAM HARNEY.

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